5'-nucleotidase activity in the spinning gland cells of Diacrisis obliqua (Arctiidae: Lepidoptera)
Narain, S.; Dixit, R.P.
Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica 23(4): 217-219
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0239-8508 PMID: 3002873 Document Number: 247459
5'-nucleotidase activity in the spinning gland cells of an Indian moth, Diacrisia obliqua has been studied for the first time during prefunctional, functional and postfunctional phases of development. The enzyme seems to play an active role in the metabolism of silk secretion. Differential utilization of 5'-nucleotidase substrate in the growing and degenerating cells has been studied and discussed.